Belt-buckle.



M. GREENFELD.

BELT BUCKLE.

APPLIOA TION FILED 1'22. 24, 1912.

1,051,731. Patented Jan.28, 1913.

INVENTOR WITNES'SES W- Q ATTORNEYS 'MICHAEL GBEENFELD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1912. Serial No. 679,599.

may concerns v v Be ifflfifiQWlI, thatI, .MICHAEL Gimnnrnu), asubject of'the Emperor of Austria-Hum janda' resident of..the city. of New "Yorlqiborough of. Brooklyn, county of I Kings, and State of New -York, have invented'a' new and Improved BeItTBuckIe, of which the followingis a full, clear; and exact description. y This inventionfielates to improvements in buckles and particularly to belt buckles, and hasfor an object the provision'of an improved catch or interlocking structure adapted to be readily engaged and'disengaged, but firmly held in place when engaged. I I

Another object of-the invention is to provide a belt buckle formed with a reciproeating hook member arranged in a housing and a co-acting plate formed with interlock ing projections designed to receive the hook portion of the hook member.

3In carrying out the objects of the inventlpn, a body portion is formed with an des ed configuration thereon or smooth, as

preferable, and turned. over at its edges for forming upstanding flanges. These flanges are preferably connected together by a pair of interlocking lugs so that the body portion forms in a certain sense a housing for the reciprocating plate positioned therein. The reciprocating plate'is formed with a air of manually operated ears'extending t rough. slot-swherebythe plate may be adjusted for causing the same to become locked or unlocked, as desired. This reciprocating platefp,

is -formed-with a hook-shaped end designed to hook into a co-acting retaining plate formed with projecting sockets. The coacting retaining plate is designed to be con- Y nccted with one end of a belt and the body portion is designed to be connected with the opposite end of the belt preferably by having the end of the belt looped over the interlocking lugs. A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention shown applied; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal section through an embodiment of the invention; F1g. 3 is a rear view of. the structure shown in Fig. \1; Fig. 4 is a detail fragmentary perspective view of the interlockingretaining on the line 5-5. Referring to the accompanying drawings Patented Jan 28,1913.

, plate; and Fig. 5 is a section through 3 e by numerals, 1 indicates a belt of any desired kind, to which my improvedbuckle is connected. The body portion 2 is connected with end 3 of the beltl, while the plate 4 is {connected with end 5.. The belt 1 may be made of any desired material and of any idesired shape, but preferably it is made of j two layers so that the plate-4' may be acicommodated between the layers, asshown in 2. A line of stitching 6'is provided j ateach end of the plate 4 for holdingthef same in positiomas shown in Fig. 2, so. that the book 7 may freely enter-the socketswior,

} raised portions 8 of the plate 4. In orde to i properly acocmmodate the hook .-'Z,--o ne I the layer's of the belt 1 is cut away from'tlie-..= edges 9, thus leaving a wimectedstra 10 which assists in resisting the removal '0 the hook 7 from the sockets or'raised portions-8.

The ho k 7 is adapted to engage the sock ets OILIJ' ed port-ions 8 and is connected or formed integral with a plateflli which. is

. adapted to reciprocate back and forth-longitudinally of the b y p rtion 2.1. This plate 11 is formed witlg manually operated ,ears 12 and 13 which project through-Slots 14' in the side walls of the body tion. The slots 14 are formed with an'ou er por tion 15 and an inner p0rti0n'16,-;Qc0nnected by a diagonal opening 17 having inclined walls 18 and 19. Whenthe plate ll'iiS forced to the rear the manually operated from the outer surface of the body portion 2 in order that the end 5 may slip throu h the bod portion 2 without engaging t e book 7. \Vhen the plate 11 moves inan opposite direction the manually operated members or ears 12 and 13 engage the inclined wall 18 and are forced toward the front of the housing 2 so that the book 7 may readily engage the socket members 8.

The housing 2 is formed with a fronftfaee 20 and side walls or flan es 21 and- 22 extending substantially at right anglesto the These flanges are connected *by cars 12 and 13 strike against the incline'd walls 19 and the plate 11. is forced awa'y ;-through the housing 2, as shown more parrticularly in Figs. 1 and 2. The housing 2 is moved to the desired extent for tightening the belt around the waist. When it is desired to tighten or loosenthe belt, it is not necessary to take the belt off or substantially so, but it is only necessary to grasp the manually catch the hook 7 and-then shift the bod portion 2 in either direction, as describ after which the hook is caused to engage one of. the socket members 8. It will be noted'in connection with the plate'4that the same is embedded or substantially'inclosed in the end of the belt and only parts of the socket portions or members 8 are exposed to view.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new'and desire to secure by Letters Patent: T

1. In a device of the character described, a buckle formed of a body portion havin' rearwardly extendin flanges, each ofsaid flanges being forme with a slot therein,

'havin wardly' extending flanges, a'strap-retainin'g lug extending from each of said flanges to- 50 operated members 12 and 13 and uneach end of said slots extending parallel with the face offsaid body, portion and in difi'erent planes and the center portion extending diagonally to theface of said body portion,-

a reciprocating strap locking plate mounted in said body ortion, and-a pair of controlling earSQpro ectin formation of said s ots causing said plate to be positioned near the facedf the-bodypore tion when in itslocked position andfar'ther from the vface of said body portion when in itsunlocked osition'. 1 2. In a device of'the character described, a body portionformed with a face plate= turned over sides defining mai ward the other flange substantially parallel with said face plate, each of said lugs being' formed with an interlocking spur and an aperture'for accommodating the spur on the t a,

other luglwhereby one spur is adaptedtoos' project t rough the aperture of the adjacentlug, and means forclamping 'a strap against said face plate.

In testimony whereof 'I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. v

MICHAEL GBEENFELD.

Witnesses:

A, L. Krronm, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

Coulee of this patent may be obtained for five e'en'ts each, by addressing the Commissioner of ZE'atents, Washington, D. 0. i

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